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Catherine Cookson

Born

in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England, The United Kingdom

June 27, 1906

Died

June 11, 1998

Genre

Romance

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Catherine Cookson was born in Tyne Dock, the illegitimate daughter of a poverty-stricken woman, Kate, who Catherine believed was her older sister. Catherine began work in service but eventually moved south to Hastings, where she met and married Tom Cookson, a local grammar-school master.

Although she was originally acclaimed as a regional writer - her novel The Round Tower won the Winifred Holtby Award for the best regional novel of 1968 - her readership quickly spread throughout the world, and her many best-selling novels established her as one of the most popular contemporary woman novelist. She received an OBE in 1985, was created a Dame of the British Empire in 1993, and was appointed an Honorary Fellow of St Hilda's College, Oxford, in ...more

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Average rating: 4.05 · 76,829 ratings · 3,277 reviews · 417 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Silent Lady 4.25 avg rating — 3,249 ratings — published 2001 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dwelling Place 4.18 avg rating — 2,477 ratings — published 1971 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glass Virgin 4.02 avg rating — 2,007 ratings — published 1969 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Velvet Gown 4.13 avg rating — 1,894 ratings — published 1984 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Saint Christopher and the Gravedigger 3.82 avg rating — 2,029 ratings — published 2017 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tilly Trotter (Tilly Trotter Trilogy, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 1,822 ratings — published 1980 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mallen Streak 3.99 avg rating — 1,744 ratings — published 1973 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rag Nymph 4.13 avg rating — 1,548 ratings — published 1991 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl 4.06 avg rating — 1,525 ratings — published 1977 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fifteen Streets 4.08 avg rating — 1,477 ratings — published 1952 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Catherine Cookson

The Tilly Trotter Trilogy (3 books)
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4.12 avg rating — 4,159 ratings

The Mallen Trilogy (3 books)
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4.05 avg rating — 3,833 ratings

The Mary Ann Series (8 books)
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4.15 avg rating — 2,902 ratings

The Bailey Chronicles (3 books)
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Walter Wyles (Illustrator)

4.11 avg rating — 1,717 ratings

Kate Hannigan (2 books)
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3.93 avg rating — 1,792 ratings

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Quotes by Catherine Cookson (?)

“The Girl was gone, buried in the past. She never wanted to hear that name again. She was a woman for better for worse. Whatever the future might bring she could face it as a woman, Ned Ridley's woman.”
― Catherine Cookson, The Girl

tags: girl, growing-up, maturity, woman, womanhood

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“You have never kissed me. Patted me, hugged me, but you've never kissed me."
"Oh, Rosie, Rosie." His face looked on the point of laughter, then his lips fell gently on hers and he held the kiss for some time. Now, pressing her face from him, he said "That's merely an introduction. When your cheek is better I'll do it properly.”
― Catherine Cookson, The Obsession

tags: robbie, rosie

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“Oh God, I'm sorry I bring trouble on people. I don't mean to, you know that, you know that. And don't punish me by taking Ned. Keep him safe that's all I ask. That's all I'll ever ask again, just keep him safe.”
― Catherine Cookson, The Girl

tags: catherine, cookson, girl, the

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Catherine Cookson series vote

The Bailey Chronicles

4 votes, 57.1%

The Hamilton Trilogy

2 votes, 28.6%

The Mary Ann Series

1 vote, 14.3%

The Mallen Trilogy

0 votes, 0.0%

7 total votes

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